On 03/23/2011 11:15 PM, Robert Nesius wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:34 PM, John Hawley 
> <jhawley at hissingdragon.net <mailto:jhawley at hissingdragon.net>> wrote:
>
>     Can't figure out what's up with screen on one of my machines.
>
>     jhawley at vulpix:~$ screen -S 1   ... and I get a blank screen with
>     "New screen ..." at bottom for a few seconds.  Screen appears to
>     be running, but none of the Ctrl commands work.
>
>     If I log in as root, it works fine.  This is Ubuntu 10.4.
>
>     What might be up?  "screen" is such a generic name, its hard to
>     google for. :/
>
>
> I'm wondering if your  tty/terminal settings are different from root's.
>
> Are root and your non-root user running the same screen?  (Probably, 
> but I'd check anyway.)
>
> Just brainstorming.
>
> -Rob

Ok, it is something to do with settings in my ~/.bashrc.  If I 
temporarily remove that file and start a new terminal, everythings fine 
with screen.  I'll have to dissect it to see what is conflicting.

~jh
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